dense
adj
dens
adj
1
made
of
or
containing
a
lot
of
things
or
people
that
are
very
close
together
茂密的,密集的,稠密的;
dense
undergrowth/forest/woodland/jungle
etc
A
narrow
track
wound
steeply
up
through
dense
forest.
一条狭窄陡峭的小道盘旋着穿过茂密的森林向上延伸。
a
dense
rurally-based
population
居住在乡村的密集人口
2
difficult
to
see
through
or
breathe
in
浓密的,不易看透 (呼吸 )的
dense
fog/smoke/cloud
dense
black
smoke
浓密的黑烟
3
not
able
to
understand
things
easily
[非正式] 迟钝的,愚蠢的;
informal
Am
I
being
dense?
I
don’t
quite
understand.
我是不是太笨了?我不太明白。
4
a
dense
piece
of
writing
is
difficult
to
understand
because
it
contains
a
lot
of
information
or
uses
complicated
language
〔写的东西信息量大或语言复杂而〕难懂的
5
a
substance
that
is
dense
has
a
lot
of
mass
in
relation
to
its
size
[术语] 密度大的
technical
Water
is
eight
hundred
times
denser
than
air.
水的密度是空气的八百倍。
a
densely
populated
area
人口稠密的地区